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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the film Smith saw at a recent science fair, how much bigger than the earth is the sun?
(a) 200 times.
(b) 50 times.
(c) 150 times.
(d) 110 times.

2. For which radical group was the group of Park Avenue residents raising money in the magazine article read by Smith in Chapter 7?
(a) Symbionese Liberation Army.
(b) Black Panthers.
(c) Students for a Democratic Society.
(d) Gray Panthers.

3. Why was Smith upset about the path Tina de Vega took in life?
(a) He worried that he could have done something to help her.
(b) He was angry with her for throwing her life away.
(c) He felt that nobody ever reached out to her.
(d) He believes she should have left the South Bronx.

4. What did the firefighters discover when they arrived at the Kelly Street fire in Chapter 1?
(a) A young man fleeing the scene.
(b) A young man, on fire, running out of the building.
(c) A young woman screaming that her child is in the building.
(d) A young man calling from an open window.

5. How did Smith view the Kelly Street fire after the culprit was found?
(a) An example of divine justice.
(b) An example of ironic justice.
(c) An example of the real devil getting away and the children being victimized.
(d) A preventable crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which borough did Smith serve?

2. What options did the firefighters have when they were trapped between the two blazes at the factory building?

3. Why did the firefighters think the car in the middle of Stebbins Avenue was stolen?

4. Where on his body did Fireman Bill Kelsey get burned while battling the Charlotte Street blaze?

5. Why was his wife upset the morning Smith went back to work?

(see the answer key)

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